The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-07-13
MANNING, CLARENDON COUNTY, S. c., WEDNESDAY,


two story brick mansion, occupied By
General Lee and his family; and at vari-
Gus points on the grounds are residences
for the other professors. The other
principal buildings are q farmhouse, g
dairy, barn, On ergine-house, and the
stables for the stock, each of which is
entitled to some special description.
FARMING AND EoRTIcULTui:E.
The College owns !, 762 acres of land,
which is divided into cultivated fields,
pastures, orchards and vegetable gar
denS, and ornaruental grounds. There
are, Of the l, 7I62 acres, about 500 under
actual cultivation in different crops.
These 630 acres are divided ;2to the
farm department end TIE Horticultural
department. The former includes the
cultivation Of the usual plantation crops,
such rs corn, cotton, peas, etc. The lat
tcr Includes al the comrio2 vegetables
and fruits.
IL the farm department the student is
famiiiarized with the planting, raising
ard harvesting Of the large commercial
crops, the actual care Of the cattle on
the farm, the construction and use of
barns, stables, pens, and with the prac-
ticai use Of all the improved agricultural
machinery now in the Southern States.
II the farm work is included o special
course n dairy husbendry, covering the
theory of breeding stock, feeding for
milk, and Of making and shipping milk,
cream and butter. This is all reduced
to practice in what is called the creame-
~, for the purposes OF which there are
maintained on the farm 200 head of cat
tie, pure bred, grade and native. There
is also much attention paid to ensil&ge,
the raising and curing OF hay, clover,
ETC., all Of which, i should be borne in
mind, is done by "the boys" themselves.
In the horticultural department there
are gardens in which okra, tomatoes,
caDbages, beans, Irish potatoes and
fruits Of al kinds are raised.
COURSE OF STUDY.
The course of study prescribed for the
students is made up of l) biology, the
most important branches of which are
fertilization and the relation Of insects
and plants; (2) agriculture, including the
principles Of stock-breeding and feeding,
drainage, cultivation, curing and mar
heting Of crops, Improvement of soil and
manuring; 81 horticulture, fruit and
vegetable culture, botany, silk culture,
etc; C) chemistry, as applied to the
analysis OF soils, plants, foods. water,
etc.; o. English, course Of residing. in
prose and poetry, logic and mental
science, with written essays monthly;
Co. mathematics, al tie elementary
branches, up to analytical geometry,
calculus and civil engineering.
TEE MILITARY BRANCH.
There is also the military organization
of the College, with General Lee at the
head of the military department., and
Second Lieutenant II. C. Davis, United
States Army, as commandant Of stu
de- is. The students are al uniformed
in ccdet gray and are divided into five
companies. Practically, the discipline
of the College is military, and the rules
and regulations in this respect are of the
usual military institute order. All the
classes are taught company and battal-
ion drills, dress parade, guard duty, etc.
The senior and junior classes are taught
target practice and service of the field
piece; il the junior year Upton's tactics
are taught, and in tie senior and junior
year there are lectures given on the
science and art Of war.
The military equipment of the cadets
consists OF two 3.inch field pieces, 80
rifles, cartridges, etc., all Of which is
furnished by the United States Govern.
ment, with the exception Of 100 rifles
furnished by the State.
LIFE Or TEE STUDENTS.
The foregoing sketch OF the work
done at the institution gives only dry
abstract of the essential details of the
life Of the student. This life is, how
ever, one of great variety and activity.
The government Of the institution is all
of republic within a republic, and is
divided sharply between the military
and agricultural features. IL fact these
features are quite distinct, and in nowise
conflict with each other, the discipline
of the one securing discipline in the
other.
When the college BOY here goes out
into the field he dofis his military trap
pings and puts on his old clothes, old
shoes, old hat, etc., just as his father
does on the homestead !arm in any
county in Mississippi. In other words
he goes out to work and he does not go
in holiday attire.
In the morning, in the classroom or
on dress parade, he is as gorgeous as you
might desire. He has a fine uniform
with plenty of brass buttons, all Of which
ue wears with the self-complacency OF
having paid for them by honest labor
through long and dusty in summer or
wet and 6reary days in winter.
In the afternoon you may meet him at
some place, any place, on the farm and
you VIII not know him. He wears q
slouch hat, very honest cid clothes and
very honest old face. Maybe he is
wedding turnips or digging potatoes, or
sou will meet him out on some of the
green pastures driving the cows, or if
you peep into the COW stables you see
him playing the milk maid. You will
meet him at any given point over all the
broad acres Of the farm, and in ninety
nine cases out of a hundred be is doing
something that will help him to pay his
expenses at the College. And this he
does in fashion that deserves a special
chapter.
At night, after an afternoons work, he
goes home to study and in the morning
ne appears again military chrysalis as
saudy and as happy as on the day before.
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